17
17
tv
eye 17
favorite 0
quote 0
out is her very hard line she's chosen to take against president obama's nomination for secretary of defense chuck hagel the man who could be called out for a million different things but instead has been demonized first amy made over six years ago well the organization just posted this full page ad in new york times yesterday calling into question hazels loyalty and labeling him as israel even going as far as saying it including a quote from alan dershowitz that suggests hagel quote speaks the language of the bigots of to iran. strong language and look i'm not calling out abrams for having an opinion that is more than entitled to but i am calling her out for blatant hypocrisy because the only reason chuck hagel is being smeared as anti israel is because he said this in two thousand and six he said the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean you noted state senator i'm not an israeli senator. true that so the reason the situation here reeks of irony is because rachel abrams is one of the most hateful human beings i've come across lately when she'
out is her very hard line she's chosen to take against president obama's nomination for secretary of defense chuck hagel the man who could be called out for a million different things but instead has been demonized first amy made over six years ago well the organization just posted this full page ad in new york times yesterday calling into question hazels loyalty and labeling him as israel even going as far as saying it including a quote from alan dershowitz that suggests hagel quote speaks the...
39
39
tv
eye 39
favorite 0
quote 0
it's extraordinary the complacency about this the british ministry of defense apparently shut down its north african desk in two thousand and ten and then of course in two thousand and eleven britain and france lead the intervention in libya and we're getting kind of and i look into this problem as a kind of backwash from that intervention because you have not really looked through what's going to happen if you overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put anything stable in its place quite contrary spreads and similarly in mali the argument is that france is intervening to stop chaos but the risk must be from what we've seen with interventions before that the french intervention actually tend to send ripples of disorder further around the region the surprising thing is that some fairly basic security measures which are just really numbers of guards would not apply to that bay are the same places here on all sides what seems to. me is that to the insofar as the molly ivins probably sparklers nobody seems to think that perhaps for the most groups to come from somewhere other than mali it
it's extraordinary the complacency about this the british ministry of defense apparently shut down its north african desk in two thousand and ten and then of course in two thousand and eleven britain and france lead the intervention in libya and we're getting kind of and i look into this problem as a kind of backwash from that intervention because you have not really looked through what's going to happen if you overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put anything stable in its place quite...
18
18
tv
eye 18
favorite 0
quote 0
minister's brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a major corruption scandal for several months now and authorities are to quote lost his job in november and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former subordinates. now to other news from around the world a string of roadside bombings in shiite muslim regions of iraq has raised the death toll to at least sixty people since wednesday and extended a deadly wave of bloodshed into a second day the deadliest of the attacks targeting shiite muslim areas killed at least seven people after two car bombs exploded near shia pilgrims traveling to a shrine in a city north of baghdad although there was no immediate com a claim of response i should say responsibility such attacks are a tactic of sunni insurgents seeking to undermine the shiite led government. safe gadhafi the son of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi has appeared in court in libya for the first time since his capture more than a year ago he is facing charges of handing secret data to an international criminal court lawyer putting th
minister's brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a major corruption scandal for several months now and authorities are to quote lost his job in november and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former subordinates. now to other news from around the world a string of roadside bombings in shiite muslim regions of iraq has raised the death toll to at least sixty people since wednesday and extended a deadly wave of bloodshed into a second day the...
22
22
tv
eye 22
favorite 0
quote 0
it's been reported that russia's former defense minister could find himself in the center of a criminal case and i told you so the coffs know being investigated of relegations of abusing his power the probes already revealed that some top defense officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a military vacation facility belonging to city because brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a multi-million dollar investment scandal for several months now and literally sort of caught himself was fired by president putin in november and he's been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former colleagues. other world news of late rather talks officials from the u.n. nuclear watchdog are returning from iran without securing a deal on investigating suspected atomic bomb research i am spector's have been denied access to a military site which they've been trying to get inside for years or more talks show jule than in mid february now the u.s. and israel of long accused iran of efforts to develop nuclear weapons that's something that denies. greek lawmakers
it's been reported that russia's former defense minister could find himself in the center of a criminal case and i told you so the coffs know being investigated of relegations of abusing his power the probes already revealed that some top defense officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a military vacation facility belonging to city because brother in law the defense ministry has been at the center of a multi-million dollar investment scandal for several months now and literally...
14
14
tv
eye 14
favorite 0
quote 0
law thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals but only my colleague research shows spoke to the editor of a japan based news website james called me about the motivation behind the decision . i don't think that we have to look at this contest bridgeport in the context of they're going to move in with a nuclear strike right at this point but i think it has to be seen as a wider part of the u.s. nuclear policy that's been stretching out for decades now trying to come up with ways to justify the existence of some of the u.s. is the existing nuclear arsenal and looking for ways to create new weapons so for example we have the b. sixty one dash eleven nuclear bunker busters that live with the four hundred kill entire meal that they've been harboring and talking about for in the better part of a decade now in relation to iran and trying to bust through into iran's new funder ground nuclear facilities or alleged nuclear facilities now the
law thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how america could strike the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals but only my colleague research shows spoke to the editor of a japan based news website james called me about the motivation behind the decision . i don't think that we have to look at this contest bridgeport in the context of they're going to move in with a nuclear strike right at this point but...
42
42
tv
eye 42
favorite 0
quote 0
includes a visit to spain by washington is looking to double its defense presents this year a spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to leave and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel they should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in both so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. for the world up to some other global news for you in brief will start with a bombing that killed at least some people there was actually a suicide car bomb attack near the headquarters of the kurdish democratic party that's located in northern iraq in the town of critical officials said more than one hundred or so now one of those bodies
includes a visit to spain by washington is looking to double its defense presents this year a spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to leave and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel they should reinforce their military and political...
26
26
tv
eye 26
favorite 0
quote 0
the us defense secretary's in italy during his last week long tour of europe before he steps down the on panetta has been reaffirming washington's military wings across the atlantic in madrid he said that america will double its presence in spain this year international human rights lawyer curtis doebbler believes washington is stuck in a tedious cycle with the defense industry. the american military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to the united states being at peace in any type of permanent manner wars for the united states are a double sided sward on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy they produce an input to that economy on the other hand as we seen in afghanistan interact they also drain the economy on one side so it's almost a endless circle a have to continue off and b.'s the intervention still be able to bring in the resources to be able to then say we're able to have new interventions and unfortunately that's been the story of t
the us defense secretary's in italy during his last week long tour of europe before he steps down the on panetta has been reaffirming washington's military wings across the atlantic in madrid he said that america will double its presence in spain this year international human rights lawyer curtis doebbler believes washington is stuck in a tedious cycle with the defense industry. the american military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to...
19
19
tv
eye 19
favorite 0
quote 0
want a new relationship in the political structure and probe into the activities of russia's former defense minister has led to a criminal case being launched and intel is here to kabul being investigated over allegations of abuse of power the program has already revealed that same top some top to fans officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a vacation base along into the former defense minister's brother in law a fan's ministry has been at the center of a manger of corruption scandal for several months now and it's always their dickov lost his job and amber and has been a witness in a number of fraud cases involving his former subordinates. and. you're watching our t.v. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a string of roadside bombings and shiite muslim regions of iraq has raised the dast to at least sixty people since wednesday an extended a deadly wave of bloodshed into a second day the deadliest of the attacks targeting shiite muslim areas killed at least seven people after two car bombs exploded near shia pilgrims traveling to a shrine in the
want a new relationship in the political structure and probe into the activities of russia's former defense minister has led to a criminal case being launched and intel is here to kabul being investigated over allegations of abuse of power the program has already revealed that same top some top to fans officials ordered soldiers to landscape the gardens at a vacation base along into the former defense minister's brother in law a fan's ministry has been at the center of a manger of corruption...
20
20
tv
eye 20
favorite 0
quote 0
defense secretary leon panetta is on a weeklong trip to europe to discuss close military ties and includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presents this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to. and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel it should reinforce their military and political presence in asia the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in both so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield as a provocation against russia. regime change comes at a high cost a recent study of the arab spring has revealed that the egyptian syrian and libyan revolutions could set those countries back some two hundred twenty five billion dollars middle east economic analyst thinks that the process to r
defense secretary leon panetta is on a weeklong trip to europe to discuss close military ties and includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presents this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to. and the most serious danger comes...
21
21
tv
eye 21
favorite 0
quote 0
in the united states the shootings in the gun purchases keep piling up according to the children's defense fund nearly four hundred fifty children and teenagers have been shot by a gun just since the one hundred thirteenth congress was sworn in earlier this month and thanks to the fear mongering going on the gun community assault rifles are flying off the shelves around the nation according to the national shooting sports foundation there were two point two million gun background checks performed in december which is more than a fifty eight percent increase over the same period in two thousand and eleven. but i want to tell you something you don't know about the second amendment something that has been lost largely in the pages of history although you can find it if you know where to look that is very crucial to informing everybody about today's current gun debate and that's this the real reason the second amendment was ratified and why a state instead of country was to preserve the slave patrol militias in the southern states which was necessary to get rid genius vote for the constitution
in the united states the shootings in the gun purchases keep piling up according to the children's defense fund nearly four hundred fifty children and teenagers have been shot by a gun just since the one hundred thirteenth congress was sworn in earlier this month and thanks to the fear mongering going on the gun community assault rifles are flying off the shelves around the nation according to the national shooting sports foundation there were two point two million gun background checks...
24
24
tv
eye 24
favorite 0
quote 0
defense secretary john reid who when and how month five or six years ago. did you know probably within an hour very quickly and probably without even a bullet being fired thousands and thousands of years later. even the british army running out of nearly running out of bullets at one point in helmand due to the mass slaughter that it was initiating there we saw that that was a crock of lies and i think what hollande is saying is the same this is a ground invasion of africa and they're hoping france britain and the us are hoping to establish permanent military presence and occupation of africa and this is this is one way they're going to be able to do it it's not going to be a short story if you say if you say they're trying to get some sort of permanent occupation of this part of africa why what's their point what's their motivations are. well there's a number of things i think we have to analyze this from a number of different angles the first thing to be always borne in mind analyzing any western intervention in the third world that isn't in africa latin
defense secretary john reid who when and how month five or six years ago. did you know probably within an hour very quickly and probably without even a bullet being fired thousands and thousands of years later. even the british army running out of nearly running out of bullets at one point in helmand due to the mass slaughter that it was initiating there we saw that that was a crock of lies and i think what hollande is saying is the same this is a ground invasion of africa and they're hoping...
15
15
tv
eye 15
favorite 0
quote 0
the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu is chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with nothing more than the clothes on his back and a tank of gasoline threatening to set himself on fire. to me by the state nothing more nothing less i sued my country as a soldier and i will stay here to the end i do not fear death i saw it in the army many times but is this what i deserve. his tears echo the pain and abandonment people here feel the government has no time for us there is money there is a lot of money to help people like us netanyahu couldn't care less he will win again i know this will be the same it's a disgrace the prime minister netanyahu has formed committees to deal with the d
the big elephant in the room is the defense budget israeli military spending was not supposed to grow more than one and a half percent a year but those figures have more than doubled in the last three years alone and now after an eight day war with hamas in gaza the defense establishment is pushing for even more money netanyahu is chances of a victory come january are high and television homeless are preparing themselves for more of the same joys of bench moment arrived at this tent city with...
26
26
tv
eye 26
favorite 0
quote 0
defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss closer military link ups and in case a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence here to punish international affairs experts believe that this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. i know that i said. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states one of them is that they have to leave you work and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel they should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in both so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. a high price tag to overthrow a government the arab spring has drained the cost countries like libya egypt according to the latest estimates stay with us to find out the bills for changing a regime. summoned to
defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss closer military link ups and in case a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence here to punish international affairs experts believe that this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. i know that i said. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states one of them is that they have to leave you...
31
31
tv
eye 31
favorite 0
quote 0
you can't i want to get to the logical conclusion that if somebody if somebody needs a gun for self defense if somebody needs a gun warm or cold blooded are to you get to decide you want to go for hunting so good morning you get to decide that i say that we have a zone for self-defense we the people determine with we the people. ask and i meant it to guarantee that we the people have a broader zone of operation and freedom then you'd like to see a second amendment was put into place in order to in order to have well regulated the lowly wishes adelina act. families from the declaration of independence as surveillance from the king george's policy if you can i mean seven hundred fifty seven law in the state of georgia that there would be a well regulated militia in the georgia state the georgia statutes require patrols of the direction of commission militia officers to examine every plantation each month and authorize them to quote search all negro houses for offensive weapons and ammunition and quote and apprehend and give twenty lashes to any slave plantation grounds that's just the beginni
you can't i want to get to the logical conclusion that if somebody if somebody needs a gun for self defense if somebody needs a gun warm or cold blooded are to you get to decide you want to go for hunting so good morning you get to decide that i say that we have a zone for self-defense we the people determine with we the people. ask and i meant it to guarantee that we the people have a broader zone of operation and freedom then you'd like to see a second amendment was put into place in order to...
19
19
tv
eye 19
favorite 0
quote 0
law that's thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how the u.s. could strike at the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals we'd better get into this right now james corbett joins us live on the program. based news website of the call but a pleasure to see you thanks for coming on so quickly the u.s. government is operating on the assumption that there are three thousand miles worth of tunnels crisscrossing china allegedly containing three thousand nuclear warheads do you believe it. well i'm not even sure that the u.s. government really believes that this is really on the back of a study that was commissioned out of georgetown university last year were two years ago now that found that in this network of tunnels that we do know exist and we can see from out of satellite telemetry we do know that the these tunnels exist and it's just sheer speculation about what exists within them at this point u.s. intelligence estimates puts the chinese nuclear arsenal something like three hundred but this this stud
law that's thanks to the national defense authorization act the pentagon's also ordered a thorough review of when and how the u.s. could strike at the network of tunnels believed to hold beijing's atomic arsenals we'd better get into this right now james corbett joins us live on the program. based news website of the call but a pleasure to see you thanks for coming on so quickly the u.s. government is operating on the assumption that there are three thousand miles worth of tunnels crisscrossing...
10
10.0
tv
eye 10
favorite 0
quote 0
however those who think that the government has no place in making any laws about guns are going on the defensive so to explore the ins and outs of this issue i was joined earlier in our studio by roger pilon vice president of legal affairs at cato institute and george washington reporter for the nation magazine and i started out by asking roger what today's announcement will accomplish not a lot the twenty three measures that he himself is going to take if you look at the relatively trivial for example pretty vague as well pretty vague as well calling for the centers for disease control to do a study of the causes of gun violence is if we don't have a pretty good handle of that already other measures to deal with data sharing in those are important better because right now that is a problem but most of the measures that are the ones that we hear about the. restriction on assault weapons and so forth there's going to take legislation that can be done by executive order right and george i mean talk to me about this because a lot of what the president did today is sort of call congress to action to
however those who think that the government has no place in making any laws about guns are going on the defensive so to explore the ins and outs of this issue i was joined earlier in our studio by roger pilon vice president of legal affairs at cato institute and george washington reporter for the nation magazine and i started out by asking roger what today's announcement will accomplish not a lot the twenty three measures that he himself is going to take if you look at the relatively trivial...
30
30
tv
eye 30
favorite 0
quote 0
carmen ortiz had turned down his defense attorney's efforts to bargain for a non prison sentence in this matter he knew he was facing prison time one way or the other the fifteen felony counts against him it's extraordinarily harsh simply downloading academic papers right sever guard less of whether or not they were going to pursue that maximum sentence the capacity is there for them to request that and to go after a sentence like that there was going to prison so that's clear martinez is now saying that he was only going to ask for six months in prison or i'm assuming that she's never served any prison time yourself six months to me an eternity if you're not hard to hardened criminal yourself in our report in this or that's a pretty stiff penalty for what swartz that so her as her defense claims here aren't very impressive they're very convincing at all. all right do you think j.d. that one problem is that many of these laws that are too vague and that there is space for prosecutors to ask for whatever they want. the laws are vague and they're harsh i mean the law in this case you know
carmen ortiz had turned down his defense attorney's efforts to bargain for a non prison sentence in this matter he knew he was facing prison time one way or the other the fifteen felony counts against him it's extraordinarily harsh simply downloading academic papers right sever guard less of whether or not they were going to pursue that maximum sentence the capacity is there for them to request that and to go after a sentence like that there was going to prison so that's clear martinez is now...
22
22
tv
eye 22
favorite 0
quote 0
our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is can. there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing but for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central plank twenty thirty looks set to be an important year and what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people these are all of the arty berlin. big money matters on both sides of the atlantic and the shady deal is causing financial rollercoasters exposed in the latest edition of the kaiser report that's coming up in the next hour but here's a brief preview for you. three weeks ago the f.c.c. not the commodities futures trading commission
our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is can. there appear to be historical cultural and economic...
38
38
tv
eye 38
favorite 0
quote 0
department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and a lot of people who lost their lives that they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective in in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from iraq or afghanistan in body bags and last year suicides by american soldiers surged to three hundred forty nine historic high the u.s. military has had decades of experience in areas like asia latin america the middle east and africa however experts say if leaders in washington don't begin learning from the past the only foreign policy factor that will continue changing is the geographic location of america's. and repeated mistakes reporting from new york. r.t. of course coming here from the heart of moscow and stripping protesters of the citizenship police brutality. twitter posts just about every
department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and a lot of people who lost their lives that they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective in in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned...
13
13
tv
eye 13
favorite 0
quote 0
well the french defense minister said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali what's now see if france can avoid a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande hopes for at the start of the invention and if we take a look at the map here we can see of that. link rebels and local to reckon surgeons control the north of the country and the area is marked yellow here on the map in fact if you look at it closely it's quite big and it's almost as big as the size of france and some of some of the weapons used by mali's insurgents came from the french led overthrow of the khadafi regime in libya france itself air dropped arms to the libyan rebels while gadhafi is arsenal was also right after his fall and now there are concerns about libyan smugglers taking more arms through jury and into mali all this could make it difficult for france to fully secure the area in a short amount of time as it initially planned at a national relations professor mark almond says the current situation in mali could lead to even further unrest across the region. we're getting a kind of and i would add
well the french defense minister said quote the goal is the total reconquest of mali what's now see if france can avoid a drawn out campaign as president francois hollande hopes for at the start of the invention and if we take a look at the map here we can see of that. link rebels and local to reckon surgeons control the north of the country and the area is marked yellow here on the map in fact if you look at it closely it's quite big and it's almost as big as the size of france and some of...
18
18
tv
eye 18
favorite 0
quote 0
defense chief leon panetta has on a week long tour in europe shaking hands for the last time to rush or american military innings while in spain his side the u.s. will be boosting the number of troops in the country basing out the european on to missile shield but international human rights catches doubler believes washington's stuck in a cycle it's simply called break. in military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to the united states being at peace in any type of permanent manner wars for the united states are a double sided sword on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy they produce an input to that economy on the other hand as we seen in afghanistan interact they also drain the economy on one side so it's almost eighty eighty six endless circle a half to continue off in b.'s interventions to be able to bring in the resources to be able to then say we're able to have new interventions and unfortunately that's been the story of the last.
defense chief leon panetta has on a week long tour in europe shaking hands for the last time to rush or american military innings while in spain his side the u.s. will be boosting the number of troops in the country basing out the european on to missile shield but international human rights catches doubler believes washington's stuck in a cycle it's simply called break. in military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to the united states...